New live review: Sufjan Stevens @ Bowery Ballroom

October 28, 2009 Leave a comment

I’m late on posting this, but it just got posted online last week anyway.

Review of Sufjan Stevens’ Oct. 5, 2009, show at Bowery Ballroom on UnderTheRadarMag.com (photos here)

Anyway, this was my first time seeing Sufjan Stevens and he was just…mesmerizing, even though he kinda looked like a bro. He was so, so good and this is one of my favorite shows I’ve been to recently (and that says a lot). It was one of four sold-out gigs in NYC (two at Bowery and two at Music Hall of Williamsburg), all at 550-capacity venues. It was also my first night with my Canon Rebel XS, my first DSLR, and I’m loving it.

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New live review: Mayer Hawthorne @ Brooklyn Bowl

October 14, 2009 Leave a comment

This was a little while ago but…one of my favorite shows since I’ve been in New York. So much energy, soooo much fun, and I am so proud that he is a Jewish dude from Michigan. Mentioned it already but his album, A Strange Arrangement (out now on Stones Throw) will absolutely be near the top of my best of ’09 list…I should probably start making that, eh?

Review of Mayer Hawthorne’s Oct. 3 show at Brooklyn Bowl on UnderTheRadarMag.com
You can check out my photos from the show here.

Mayer Hawthorne’s MySpace

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New live review: Phoenix/Passion Pit @ Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield

October 13, 2009 Leave a comment

Woooo, finally posted.

Review of Phoenix and Passion Pit’s Sept. 26 show at Central Park’s Rumsey Playfield on UnderTheRadarMag.com

You can check out my photos from the show here

Also, this show marks my last time being in a photo pit with a dinky point-and-shoot! Get ready for much better shots starting with Sufjan Stevens, which hopefully will be up this week. Before that, look out for my Mayer Hawthorne review, which hopefully will be up before that (you can check out my photos here though).

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New live review: Yo La Tengo @ Roseland Ballroom

October 7, 2009 Leave a comment

Review of Yo La Tengo’s Sept. 25 show at Roseland Ballroom on UnderTheRadarMag.com

This show was a while ago too but just posted this morning. It was my first time seeing Yo La Tengo live, and I’m sort of embarrassed to say I didn’t start listening to them until this past summer when I was assigned an interview with Ira Kaplan. Trying to catch up on 25 years of music was impossible, but from everything I have heard, it turns out I reeeally love them! Also, their newest album, Popular Songs (out now on Matador), is one of my favorites of the year.

You can check out my photos from the show here.

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New live review: Fanfarlo @ Bowery Ballroom

October 6, 2009 Leave a comment

Review of Fanfarlo’s Sept. 21 show at Bowery Ballroom on UnderTheRadarMag.com

Photo gallery can be seen here,

I know, this show was more than two weeks ago…and I wrote the review a while ago too but it was just posted yesterday. This band rocks, as mentioned in my last post.

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Live photos: Bowerbirds @ the Pike Room (7/16/09)

July 22, 2009 Leave a comment

A few friends and I saw Bowerbirds at the Pike Room at the Crofoot on Thursday night. It was my third time seeing them (Pitchfork on Saturday made four) and, as always, they were absolutely beautiful. They played with a crackling in the background to sound like a campfire (awww), and one of the guys from opening band Megafaun played bass. I always get really excited when I see the stand-alone bass drum because it reminds me of being in drumline in high school…so that was exciting! Megafaun was great too, as were the band members’ huge beards.

Bowerbirds’ MySpace
Megafaun’s MySpace

Setlist + more photos after the jump

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Live photos: Those Darlins @ the Pike Room (7/15/09)

July 22, 2009 Leave a comment

This show marked the start of my crazy concert week, which ended last night…so that means lots of posts to come in the next couple of days.

I wrote a story about Those Darlins not too long ago, and checked them out at the Pike Room last week. While the opening bands made my ears bleed, Darlins were great and a lot better musically than I expected live. The girls’ facial expressions were hilarious and it looked like they were having fun, but I was slightly creeped out by the 30-some-year-old dude who was seeing them for the 10th time and buying them shots.

Anyway! More photos after the jump

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Live photos: Metric @ Saint Andrews Hall (Detroit), 6/15/09

June 29, 2009 Leave a comment

Way late on posting these…I saw Metric a couple weeks ago and it was nice to see them NOT at 1:30 a.m. (when I went to their show in New York last August, they started around 1:30 and I was exhausted/practically falling asleep standing up). The show was good but I wish they had played more old stuff…Oh well, I had fun!

Setlist + more (not-so-great) photos after the jump

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New live review + photos: Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Clutch Cargo’s

May 28, 2009 Leave a comment

Review of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ May 27 show at Clutch Cargos in Pontiac, Mich., on Billboard.com

Love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, I think It’s Blitz! is excellent, and this show was awesome except for two things: They played for barely more than an hour, and there was pretty much no crowd banter. Karen O is amazing and funny, so I really wish she would have said more … but what can ya do? Good times, well worth the very little sleep I got last night in order to get this in on time (ha, but not nearly as awful as almost pulling an all-nighter for that Modest Mouse show last summer).

YYYs’ setlist and lots of photos after the jump!

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Live photos: Blitzen Trapper @ The Magic Stick

March 5, 2009 Leave a comment

I know, I know, I’m horrible at getting these up in time. (Dear potential employers: I promise I meet all my deadlines!)

Anyway, I went to see Blitzen Trapper and Alela Diane in Detroit on Feb. 20 and it was AMAZING. Alela Diane was awesome (loved the Fleetwood Mac cover, and loved that her dad was in her band), and Blitzen Trapper played for I think more than an hour and a half, which is a nice change from most bands who just play for an hour and call it a night.

Love, love, loved it.

Don’t have a setlist, but I was excited to hear “Wild Mountain Nation” and not so excited to hear “Love U” (I promise that’s the only song from Furr that I don’t like …)

More photos after the jump!

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